Jeffrey Howard

Since coming to Converse University in 2022, Jeffrey has taught courses in introductory and multimodal composition and serves as the Director of Composition, supplying pedagogical support and resources for full-time and adjunct faculty teaching English 101. As the Director of the Writing Center, Jeffrey manages and mentors a staff of undergraduate and graduate writing consultants from programs across the university, who provide one-on-one conferences that help Converse students improve their writing projects and develop their skills and rhetorical knowledge.

For his work with students at Converse, Jeffrey has received the Excellence in Teaching Award from the South Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities (SCICU), the Professor for Affordable Learning Award from the Partnership Among South Carolina Academic Libraries (PASCAL), and the Undergraduate Faculty Learning and Collaboration Award from Converse University.

When not on campus, Jeffrey enjoys cooking, playing games and traveling with his family, doing outdoor photography, and watching sports, even if it means enduring the heartbreak of seeing his Mariners miss the playoffs…again.

Curriculum Vitae

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Dr. Jeffrey Howard CV

Scholarly & Research Activity

Jeffrey’s current research focuses on the development and mentorship of writing center leaders, literacy narratives and critical self-reflection, and writing centers as sites of collaboration and curation. His articles and book reviews related to writing centers and writing studies have appeared in WLN, Southern Discourse in the Center, The Peer Review, Teaching English in the Two-Year College, and Composition Studies. Jeffrey’s creative nonfiction and poetry have also been published in literary magazines such as Broad River Review, Ekphrastic Review, Dappled Things, Arcturus, Glint, Small Print, JAMA, and Wordgathering.